David Hayes flays the Goliath of Heavyweight Boxing

Britain’s David Haye put on a magnificent performance to claim the WBA heavyweight crown from Russian Nikolay Valuev in Nuremberg.

Haye, 29, won by majority decision, winning the fight on two judges’ scorecards, with the other judge scoring it even.

The Londoner, giving away seven stone to his 7ft opponent, fought the perfect fight, staying on the move and making the lumbering Valuev look every one of his 36 years with his speed.

With his win, the Londoner becomes the first Briton to hold a world heavyweight crown since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003………………………..

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David and the Beast of Russ:

The British paper The Mirror ran a piece outlining the frank but toxic comments that were spewed out by David Haye about Nikolai Valuev before their fight.

David Hayes was then still only the heavyweight contender while Nikolai Valuev was then the WBA heavyweight champion.

Haye defeated Valuev for the title on Saturday night in Germany.

Here are David’s Hayes’ top five comments on Valuev:

1. (on Valuev)

“He is the ugliest human being I’ve ever seen in the flesh. I’ve seen ugly guys before in movies, but that’s probably the prosthetics. But I’m talking about, physically with no make-up. He’s the ugliest human being on Earth. He makes the Elephant Man look like Pamela Anderson.”

2. (on Valuev)

“Valuev’s known as ‘The Beast from the East’ and there’s a reason he’s got that nickname. He’s a big, ugly, sweaty and hairy man from the Eastern bloc.”

3. (on Valuev)

“He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking.”

4. (on Valuev)

“All you’ve got to do is look at a picture of the guy and that speaks volumes. I consider him more of a circus show freak that happens to be boxing. He’s an ugly type of fighter, he tries to lean on you, tries to brawl and comes out with a really hairy chest that gets matted and is disgusting. I’ve never been a big fan of the matted hair in my face.”

5. (on Valuev)

“The size I am, I sort of come up to his chest and apparently the word around the campfire is that he doesn’t smell too sweet. I’ve talked to a few guys that have been in the ring with him and they say that’s the first thing they notice, just the stench. Hopefully he runs a cold tap over himself or someone hoses him down outside before he comes in.”